August NPD 2020: Switch 504k, PS4 197k, XBO 45k

[scottslater]

curl-6 said:

scottslater said:
Meanwhile from the last Nintendo reporting...

The number of consumers who started playing on Nintendo Switch because of this
game continued to increase during the first quarter, from April to June 2020. Of all
systems in the Nintendo Switch family that were played for the first time during
this period, over half were used to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the first
day.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2020/200806_2e.pdf

Pretty much, anyone dismissing the colossal system selling power of Animal Crossing is in denial.

By massively increasing the system's appeal to the female demographic, it has permanently enlarged the audience Switch sells to.

Agree, it was clear that the Switch was already positioned to have a monster year with Animal Crossing coming this year and Mario's 35th anniversary to build upon the monster year they had in 2019 (it sold 21m units last FY...). Everyone knew that they would have another 20-25m units sold this FY and all it takes is a special game to make it have a special year (and Animal Crossing was that game). Did Covid-19 contribute to it having more success than it should have? We will never know. But there is also the very high possibility that ACNH would have been the major success it was even without lock downs.